The Romance of Discovery: A Thousand Years of Exploration and the Unveiling of Continents (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Romance of Discovery: A Thousand Years of Exploration and the Unveiling of ContinentsIN this four hundredth anniversary year of John Cabot's landfall in North America, I have written, at the request of my publishers, this book entitled The Romance of Discovery. It is intended to be the first of a series of three works in illustration of American history. The second volume will deal with the romance of colonization. The third will tell the story of American victories in war and diplomacy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.